If you use more than one paper towel to dry your hands or the default size of the paper towel that comes out of automatic dispensers, you're using more than you should. Joe Smith demonstrates the perfect paper towel technique: Shake and fold.

Much like wiping, washing our hands is something that all of us hopefully do, but don't really …
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13 billion pounds of paper towels are used by Americans every year. Smith, former chair of the Oregon Democratic Party, says we can conserve over 571 million pounds of paper towels each year if we all kept to just one sheet.